Hello John,
When using the Python kernel you can use :
```
from getpass import getpass
password = getpass('prompt='What is your favorite color:')
```
And that should work in the notebook, replacing what you type with *
(always stored in the notebook as six stars, so leak not information).
then `password` will be what you expect it to be[1], see the python
documentation for getpass[2] as it is not a jupyter specific function.
Hope that helps.
--
Matthias
[1]: Likely blue. No, red.
[2]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/getpass.html
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 4:17 AM, John Omernik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there an accepted way to request a runtime password that can be stored in
> a variable in the running kernel for a notebook? The idea here is when a
> user starts using a specific data source, it may require authentication.
> Username is pretty easy, but I want to be able to prompt a user at
> instantiation of a data source object for the password rather than have it
> stored in a password. Now, I could put it in a cell, but the idea is I want
> to be able to write a wrapper module for my org that allows any user running
> the same notebook, to have the exact same code in the notebook execute on
> the datasource with their individual credentials.
>
> So I have notebook A
>
> and I have users X and Y
>
>
> User X creates the notebook, they do something like
>
> myds = instantiatedOrgDS()
>
> it reads the context of the user, and then prompts for the datasource
> password from the user. They enter it in a box that doesn't echo the
> password, it setups up the Data source into the object mysql
>
> next celll:
>
> results = myds.query("select * from the all_the_data")
>
> now the notebook has examples where the results are the same, as are the
> queries. (as long as both users have access to the data source) but either
> user can run the notebook and get the same results.
>
> The kicker is how to prompt for the password securely... any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
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